Show first in its price class in yosemite test 4 aa 71 1 4 WWI 4 1 1 ly 11 ali A X 0 M ask Z 5 L A 1937 chevrolet master de to town sedan cdan won first place in its price class M in the ie recent gilmore ew economy nomy 46 G 7 run un of miles between los angeles and yosemite national park averaging ton miles per gallon of gasoline and using sing no oil or p left the wining in ning car A alders alar canted center right resenting presenting trophy to driver roy woods 4 bottom ottom left the chevrolet over sentinel ridge bridge with famous half dome finback 7 4 grou aund rid top right on the all ail year yea r high Q way ay on floor of valley bottom right en anter t er a ing mariposa tunnel carnute to yosemite chevrolet wins trophy for best run in miles winning first position in its trice 1 arice class a strictly stock model 1937 chevrolet master de aedan edan completed the miles of he ie los angeles td yosemite gil anore economy run in the elapsed time ime of 10 hours and 31 minutes manutes with a ton miles per gallon of gasoline record of and without requiring any oil or water this news was flashed last week from the headquarters of the american automobile association in yosemite valley the AAA body under command of art pillsbury supervised the annual event for the gilmore oil Sc onomy twenty four motor cars representing all the segments of he ae automotive indu price ange comp competed eted in the various classifications and awards of handsome cups were made on the basis of largest ton mile per gal record the chevrolets lets total weight plus pas passengers seng ers and luggage scaled pounds and the gas colsum j ed was at the rate of miles to a gallon ov erthe over the entire route across deserts over the coast range and into the mountains heavy snow in the approaches to the sierra nevada mountains and in in the floor of the valley lent added color and driving obstacles to the years feature economy event pilot roy woods of the chevrolet reported back to his sponsors the los angeles chevrolet dealers that his car breezed right through the two mountainous regions of the ridge road below bakersfield and d the yosemite approaches with not a single disturbing element the trip was thoroughly enjoyed by the four passengers and crew J A stevenson F johnson al hartwig and J astevens WS who compared the test run to an any Y ordinary trip to the famous scenic spot upon receiving the trophy for the b beat t performance in his cars price class driver woods explained d that he took the entire run in stride piloting the car with no special preparations for special situations of grade or terrain the result according to roy woods confirmed his advance hopes in an AM admirable manner gasoline mileage was comparable to the mileage obtained by thousands of other chevrolet owners during the Me of a years driving over every variety of road condition offered in the west the presence of snow and alid winters t ars driving obstacles nade little or no difference in the outcome out corne roy woods declared among the oil company officials working with the technical committee of the AAA in staging this highly successful run were L |